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Except that technically "their work done" is improper grammar when your subject ("the programmer") is singular.
by ebbv 13y ago
Except that technically "their work done" is improper grammar when your subject ("the programmer") is singular.
- papercrane 13y agoAre you sure? Because people use 'their' as a singular all the time when talking about someone of an unspecified gender, and the dictionary seems to agree with that: "belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified sex: she heard someone blow their nose loudly" http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/their?q=their http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/their?q=the...
- qu4z-2 13y agoAt the end of the day grammar is convention, and 'singular they' seems like a sensible one. (in part as it's got a long history, in part as I don't know a better alternative)